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more card removal

last night i got in a session after work (3-4am) and i think it went like this . . . leak, leak, leak, double up, leak, leak, leak, double up, leak, etc. and the leaks were a mix of “oh, i shouldn’t have done that.  fix that next time” and “i think he’s screwing with [...]

August 2, 2009   Posted in: Cards  No Comments

do it right or don’t bother to do it

i think i’m still half asleep.  odd one today – i’ve been in and out of sleep a couple of times and now i’d better make a day of it before it all gets away from me.  but first i’m unloading some mental baggage here i’m playing at Stars $50NL 6 max now.  i finally [...]

July 29, 2009   Posted in: Cards  One Comment

tale of two sessions

<====== Begin Dribble i played last night for about 80 minutes and at the end of it, here were my thoughts: i hope to hell it was a case of dropping a little over a buy-in that the poker gods meant to be a 4.5BI loss, but i carved out the fat by dodging bullets.  in [...]

July 26, 2009   Posted in: Cards  No Comments

pork bbq

today feels like a swing day.  if i can keep my focus enough to get in a workout before work, despite the fact that the house is filled with the wife and kids, i’ll be on track for the week.  i also feel like i should have an absolute TON of stuff to do, but all of it seems [...]

July 21, 2009   Posted in: Cards  One Comment

setting the timer

i’m back to having problems in longer sessions, so today i set a timer for 50 minutes and decided to get in an afternoon session.  finished down shy of a buy-in (set over set i never recovered from).  here’s the second biggest loser.  i guess a king bets this flop about, oh 100% of the [...]

July 16, 2009   Posted in: Cards  2 Comments

card removal

ah.  that’s the answer.  turns out at CR someone already asked what’s up with the QJ 3bet banter – mr peten2toms (noel?).  so, i wasn’t the only one that thought it to be strange.  CW just said it’s because of card removal and that he mentioned it on the vid.  i think that was it in [...]

July 9, 2009   Posted in: Cards  5 Comments